Horse-collar



E. L. SILL.

HORSE COLLAR. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13. 1918.

"1,35 ,407, Pat ented 0ct.19,1920.-

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HORSE COLLAR. APPLICATION FILED SEP'T. 13. 1918.

1,356,407. Patented Oct. 19, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDVARD L. SILL, OEWOODWARD, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR TOE. L; SILL MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY.

HORSE-COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct 19 1920;

Application filed September 13, 1 9 1 8. Serial No. 255,921.

Tool? whom it may concern v Be it known that I, EDWARD L. SILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVoodward, in the county of oodw ard and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful HorseCollar, of which the following is a specification. I

The device forming the subject matter. of this application is a horse collar, and theinvention aims to provide novel meansforassembling with the body portion of the collar, detachably, the covering wherein the pad proper is housed. Q I

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility ofdevices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description pr0- ceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodimentof the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without 'departing from the spirit-of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the collar 5 parts being brolren away; v

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the collar;

3 is a cross section taken approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. is a sectional detail enlarged from Fig. 8 and showing the means whereby one edge of the covering is assembled with one of the shells of the collar;

Fig. 5 is a transverse section showing the means whereby the other edge of the covering is assembled with the shell of the collar;

Fig. 6 is a fragmental top plan of the covering or casing wherein the pad is inclosed.

Fig. 7 is a plan view looking at the under side of the covering which houses the pad.

In carrying out the present invention 'there is provided a pair of shell members 1 and 2 which preferably are made of metal and, roughly speaking, are trouglrshaped in cross section. At their inner edges, the peripheries of the shell members 1 and 2 are bent outwardly to form hame-receiving lips 3, assuming that the present construction is to be employed on a hame collar. The upper ends of the shell members 1 and 2 are united by a hinge 4 of any desired construction. The outer edges of the shells ,1 and 2 are bent inwardly to form underlying gripping flanges 5. Secured to the concaved surfaces of the shells 1 and 2 and disposed trans verely' thereof are clips 6, spaced apart, and

. extended in spaced relation from one end of the shells 1 and'2 to the other, the clips 6 terminating in hook-shaped heads 7 disposed adjacent the points where the body portions of the shell'members' 1 and 2 merge into the hams-receiving lips 3. The lower end of the shell 1 is provided with an extension or guide 10 within which the lower end of the shell 2 isreceived."

From what has been stated hereinbefore, it will be obvious that the shells 1 and 2 may be swungapart and be swung together on the hinge 4,'and when the-shells are swung together, the lower end of the shell 2 is re ceived within the extension or guide 10 on the shell 1. r

Any suitable means 11 may be provided whereby the lowerends of theshells may be detachably locked together. y The invention comprises a casing made up of. two members 34 and 35 which may. be fashioned from leather or any other flexible material having the necessary strength. The member 34 of the casing cooperates with the shell l, and the member 35 of the casing cooperates with the shell 2. 'Ribs 36, which may be strips of leather, are

tached by stitchings 87 or otherwise to the r outer edges of the casingm'embers 34 and 35 are longitudinal ton ues 38 which may be made of leather. 'lhe tongues 38 are received beneath the gripping flanges 5.

A strip 39 extends transversely of the casing member .34 at the upper end thereof and is stitched to thesaid member or otherwise attached thereto, as shown at 40. One end of the strip 39, which may be made of leather, forms a proj ecting tongue 42. 'There are eyelets 43 in the strip '39 and eyelets 44 are formed in the member 35. Through the eyelets 43 and 44 is passed a lacing cord 45 and, through the instrumentality of the lacing cord 45 and the strip 39, the casing members 34 and 35 are detachably connected at their upper ends. The end 42 of the strip 39 is adapted to be bent over to extend underneath the hinge 4 which unites the upper ends of the shells l and 2, this operation and construction being clearly evident when Fig. 7 is compared with Fig. 1.

Disposed within the compartment defined by the shell 1 and the casing member 34;, and by the shell 2 and the casing member 35 is a tubular canvas cover 46, which may be reinforced adjacent its top by a transverse strip &7. In the top of the cover 4:6 is a slit a8 about which is secured a reinforcement d9 of leather or the like, the reinforcement having eyelets 50 through which is extended a lacing cord 51. The slit 4L8 permits an inflatable tube 52 to be inserted into the cover as, the tube 52 preferably being made of rubber, and by tightening up the lacing cord 51, the slit 48 may be substantially closed.

A neck bridge 60 may be held by means of straps 61, or in any other suitable way, to the upper portion of the collar, as 'is common in the art.

The operation of the structure has been dealt with hereinbetore, step by step, but briefly considered is as follows z- The inflatable tube 52 is inserted into the cover a6 through the slit tS, and the lacing cord 51 is tightened up, the stem 5 L projecting through one end of the cover. The ribs 36 are assembled with the clips 6. The cover as, inclosing the tube 52, is placed in the shells 1 and 2. The end of the strip 39 is carried over the top of the cover L6 beneath the hinge l. The longitudinal tongues 38 on the members 3% and 35 of the casing are engaged with the flanges 5 of the shells 1 and 2, and thus the structure is dis-' posed in condition for use.

Then the tube 52 is inflated sufliciently,

the tongues 38 are held securely engaged with the gripping flanges 5, and the ribs 36 are held firmly engaged with the heads 7 of the clips 6.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A horse collar comprising a shell provided along its inner edge with a continuous hame receiving lip; a hook shaped clip secured to the shell and having its free edge projecting in the same direction as the lip in alinement therewith a casing having one edge extending between the free edge of the clip and the shell; a rib on the casing and received within the clip; means for securing the outer edge of the casing to the outer edge of the shell; and a pad within the casing.

2. A horse collar comprising shells; a hinge uniting the upper ends of the shells; casing; means for releasably connecting the longitudinal edges of the casings with the longitudinal edges of the shells; a pad located between the shells and the casings; a flexible strip permanently secured to the under side of one casing below the top thereof and extended beyond the said casing to form a laterally projecting tongue extended upvardly and transversely of the pad and e tended beneath the hinge, between the hinge and the pad; and means for securing the tongue detachably to the other casing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

EDVARD L. SILL.

\Vitnesses E. E. HALL 

